Posts Tagged: New York
To Be "Shelted" Is Not To Pay A Premium Price
Posted by on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in - 4 comments
With respect, Lew in this case is wrong: • "Shelted" is a word Canadian blogger Alan "A Good Beer Blog" McLeod made up three years ago, and from the context, I'm guessing it means "being asked to pay a premium price for a beer imported by Shelton Brothers." (Alan's a bit obsessive on price/value …
Albany Ale: In 1888 There Were Many Sorts Of Albany Ales
Posted by on Sunday, April 15, 2012 in - 16 comments
... and porters, too, as we read in an interesting reference to the state of brewing in Albany in the 1880s from a book titled The Empire State: its Industries and Wealth sitting over at Google books. At page 120 this is part of the florid description of the brewing business of Quinn & Nolan …
New York: Freedom Wright's Inn, Denmark
Posted by on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in - 1 comment
Going through old blog posts at the sister station for this here blog, Gen X at 40, to reference something to Craig after yesterday's post, I realized that in 2005 I took photos of Denmark, NY, a village at the north end of Tug Hill. And in those where a couple of images related to Freedom … read more »
Albany Ale: Big News And An Old Tavern
Posted by on Friday, April 13, 2012 in - 4 comments
That's a 1937 photo found at the US Library of Congress online of 1937 entitled "Old Tavern, Feura Bush Vicinity, Houcks Corners, Albany County, NY." Sitting at a crossroad to the south west of Albany, the old tavern was built around 1845. Whatever Albany ale was, it's likely they served it here …
Albany Ale: Well, Look At That... Wheat Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in - 13 comments
It's not that I long to be right but once in a while I do like to be right. Not so much vindicated as explained. In August 2010, I referenced a quite from a traveler in the central New York region in 1749 who describes in some detail how the Dutch in the Albany area were growers - and maltsters of …
The Many Semi-Dry Counties Of The United States
Posted by on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in - 2 comments
A great graphic from over at the BBC indicating the counties of the United States which still have some level of local alcohol control laws in place. You can read the story here. • Not sure what is the qualifying rule that makes Oswego Co., NY just to my south semi-dry. From this NY State …
New York Shows How The Beer World Should Work
Posted by on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in - 8 comments
Great news out of the great state of New York this morning: • The Cuomo Administration on Tuesday unveiled proposed legislation aimed at fermenting a revitalized hops industry in the state, playing off the boom in craft beers, as well as the interest in locally sourced crops. "We're really on … read more »
Captain Lawrence Has Found Itself A Storyteller
Posted by on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 in - leave a comment
Mike announced the news like this: • This is sort of a dream come true. I picked up a side gig writing a weekly column from a local brewery that makes the best damn beer in the U.S., and I used to say that before I was on the Captain Lawrence payroll! Perhaps the best part of it: I'm partially …
New York: Will Hydro Fracking Force Ommagang Out?
Posted by on Monday, January 9, 2012 in - 7 comments
I was really bummed about the prospect of this threat to one of my favorite breweries coming to pass: • A well-known brewery in the Cooperstown area says that fracking may force it to relocate or fold. Brewery Ommegang lays out its case in a friend of the court brief, which it submitted in …
Day 23+7: Which Means The Contest Ended Last Weekend
Posted by on Sunday, December 18, 2011 in - 4 comments
I feel a bit bad as three good beer boys and girls have entered photos for the contest but days after it has closed. I hope I was not unclear in some way. But I have to be firm and, really, it was in the rules - photos had to be in a week ago. So... sorry. • I don't feel really really bad …
